Table 2.

Table 2a. Odds ratios predicting the likelihood of infant mortality by mother’s, household, and community migration experience in Mexico
	Entire Sample
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Mother’s Socio-Demographic Characteristics
Mother’s age (years)	0.878 ***	0.879 ***	0.879 ***
Mother’s age squared	1.003 ***	1.003 ***	1.003 ***
Marital status (ref=married)
Cohabiting	1.151 ***	1.152 ***	1.151 ***
Separated	0.987	0.987	0.987
Divorced	1.185	1.185	1.184
Widowed	0.887	0.888	0.888
Single	1.567 ***	1.565 ***	1.566 ***
Parity (ref=low parity)
First birth	0.696 ***	0.695 ***	0.696 ***
High parity	1.814 ***	1.814 ***	1.814 ***
Indigenous Language	0.970	0.971	0.969
Health insurance coverage (ref=insured)
Uninsured	1.131 ***	1.129 ***	1.130 ***
Education (ref=some high school)
No education	1.665 ***	1.667 ***	1.667 ***
Primary education	1.494 ***	1.494 ***	1.495 ***
Junior high education	1.261 ***	1.261 ***	1.262 ***
Household Characteristics
Number of people	0.835 ***	0.835 ***	0.835 ***
Household poverty index	1.352 ***	1.358 ***	1.353 ***
Community Characteristics
Level of urbanization (ref=urban≥2500)
Rural (<2500)	0.989	0.988	0.992
Geographic location (ref=historic)
Border	0.869 *	0.873 *	0.868 *
Center	1.144 ***	1.149 ***	1.142 **
Periphery	0.941	0.947	0.934
Community marginality index	1.043 **	1.043 *	1.045 **
Migration Experience
Mother is a return migrant	0.577 ***	0.548 ***	0.547 ***
Mother receives remittances		0.925 †	0.926 †
Household has recent migration		1.076 *	1.083 **
Community out-migration			0.990 †
Level 1 Sample Size	896148	896148	896148
Level 2 Sample Size	2412	2412	2412

Table 2b. Odds ratios predicting the likelihood of infant mortality by mother’s, household, and community migration experience in the rural and urban sub-samples of Mexico
	Urban Sub-sample			Rural Sub-sample
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Mother’s Socio-Demographic Characteristics
Mother’s age (years)	0.861 ***	0.861 ***	0.861 ***	0.900 ***	0.902 ***	0.902 ***
Mother’s age squared	1.003 ***	1.003 ***	1.003 ***	1.002 ***	1.002 ***	1.002 ***
Marital status (ref=married)
Cohabiting	1.160 ***	1.160 ***	1.160 ***	1.132 ***	1.134 ***	1.132 ***
Separated	1.058	1.058	1.057	0.870 †	0.871 †	0.870 †
Divorced	1.207	1.207	1.206	1.159	1.161	1.159
Widowed	0.815	0.814	0.814	0.932	0.934	0.934
Single	1.643 ***	1.644 ***	1.644 ***	1.464 ***	1.460 ***	1.461 ***
Parity (ref=low parity)
First birth	0.613 ***	0.613 ***	0.613 ***	0.831 ***	0.829 ***	0.829 ***
High parity	1.801 ***	1.801 ***	1.801 ***	1.844 ***	1.846 ***	1.845 ***
Indigenous Language	1.012	1.013	1.011	0.945	0.946	0.944
Health insurance coverage (ref=insured)
Uninsured	1.085 *	1.083 *	1.084 *	1.191 ***	1.188 ***	1.190 ***
Education (ref=some high school)
No education	1.692 ***	1.693 ***	1.693 ***	1.348 ***	1.350 ***	1.351 ***
Primary education	1.536 ***	1.536 ***	1.537 ***	1.206 **	1.207 **	1.209 **
Junior high education	1.238 ***	1.238 ***	1.238 ***	1.106	1.106	1.107
Household Characteristics
Number of people	0.836 ***	0.837 ***	0.837 ***	0.832 ***	0.831 ***	0.831 ***
Household poverty index	1.579 ***	1.578 ***	1.576 ***	1.221 **	1.228 **	1.222 **
Community Characteristics
Geographic location (ref=historic)
Border	0.876 †	0.873 †	0.866 †	0.852 *	0.856 *	0.852 *
Center	1.139 *	1.142 *	1.135 *	1.143 ***	1.148 ***	1.140 **
Periphery	0.839 *	0.842 *	0.832 *	0.989	0.997	0.981
Community marginality index	1.037	1.036	1.038	1.066 **	1.066 **	1.068 **
Migration Experience
Mother is a return migrant	0.685 **	0.676 **	0.676 **	0.444 **	0.414 **	0.415 **
Mother receives remittances		1.062	1.064		0.803 **	0.804 **
Household has recent migration		1.006	1.008		1.124 **	1.137 **
Community out-migration			0.989			0.989 †
Level 1 Sample Size	528676	528676	528676	367472	367472	367472
Level 2 Sample Size	1512	1512	1512	2379	2379	2379

^†marginally significant at .10;

^*significant at .05;

^**significant at .01;

^***significant at .001